outlier
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I don't want to hijack the other thread as their situation is different. I need to ph down my water. My ph is between 9 and 10 (lime in concrete tank) and I use a lot of ph down just to bring it back to 7. Vinegar, citrus (lemon, lime, orange etc..) including citric acid seem to only work for a while. They are nowhere near as stable as the ph down I am using (phosphoric acid).
Anyone have any home remedies to lower water ph organically? Not looking to lower medium ph, just water. For me to compensate pouring up to 10.2 ph water on my plants, the root zone ph would have to be sitting in near ph down. I don't mind using ph down for my indoor plants, it's the outdoor plants and my veggie patch that are using loads of water and I am using shit tonnes of ph down just to get my water back to neutral 7. Ideally I'd like to get a small 1000 gal water storage tank that isn't concrete for my garden. But that will have to wait a while.
The high ph has been causing problems in my veggie garden too. After 6 months, my soil is literally fried. Ever split pool chlorine on concrete? Well what you'll see there the next day is the best way I can explain what was happening to my soil. After a long summer of watering, the dirt looks like it has been watered with straight chlorine. And TBH, I had been watering with near straight ph up... lol
I have already found and tested two ways to lower water ph that I'll post next to get the thread started. I am yet to test the coffee theory but am a bit hesitant on feeding caffeine to my gardens.
Anyone have any home remedies to lower water ph organically? Not looking to lower medium ph, just water. For me to compensate pouring up to 10.2 ph water on my plants, the root zone ph would have to be sitting in near ph down. I don't mind using ph down for my indoor plants, it's the outdoor plants and my veggie patch that are using loads of water and I am using shit tonnes of ph down just to get my water back to neutral 7. Ideally I'd like to get a small 1000 gal water storage tank that isn't concrete for my garden. But that will have to wait a while.
The high ph has been causing problems in my veggie garden too. After 6 months, my soil is literally fried. Ever split pool chlorine on concrete? Well what you'll see there the next day is the best way I can explain what was happening to my soil. After a long summer of watering, the dirt looks like it has been watered with straight chlorine. And TBH, I had been watering with near straight ph up... lol
I have already found and tested two ways to lower water ph that I'll post next to get the thread started. I am yet to test the coffee theory but am a bit hesitant on feeding caffeine to my gardens.
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